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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2014
Nuscale Power, Llc, Corvallis, OR (US);
John T. Groome, Corvallis, OR (US);
Sooyun Joh, Corvallis, OR (US);
James Allan Nylander, Tualatin, OR (US);
NuScale Power, LLC, Corvallis, OR (US);
Abstract
A steam generator for a nuclear reactor comprises plenums proximate with a first plane, wherein the first plane intersects a bottom portion of a riser column of a reactor vessel. The steam generator may further comprise plenums proximate with a second plane, approximately parallel with the first plane, wherein the second plane intersects a top portion of the riser column of the reactor vessel. The steam generator may further include a plurality of steam generator tubes that convey coolant from a plenum located proximate with the first plane to one of the plenums proximate with the second plane.